Process of securing depth and relief for commercial advertising



H. R. HYMAN AND T. B. MESSICK. PROCESS OF SECURING DEPTH AND RELIEF FOR COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING.

APPLICATION EILED SEPT- 6. NH 9.

Patented May 11, 1920.

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.clear, and exact description thereof, refer-' ence being had to the accompanying draw- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT R. HYMA or mnmmiroms, INDIANA, AND TURNER B. MESSICK, or

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rRocEss or sEcU mG DEPTH AND RELIEF EoR Applicationfiled September 6, 1919. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HERBERT R. HY AN and TURNER B. MEssIoK, citizens of the Specification of Letters Patent.

OHIO.

COMMERCIAL AnvERrIsmG.

- Patented May 11, 1920.

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The panellO may be shaded a propriately and artistically by the use of Miiratta water United States, and residents of Indianap0li's color and any suitable design 11 painted and Toledo, counties respectively, and States of Indiana and Ohio respectively, have invented a certain new and useful Process of Securing Depth and Relief for Commercial Advertising; and we do hereby declareth'at the following is a full,

ings, in which like numerals refer to like parts. This invention relates to a process of making or forming a reproduction or illustration of an article for sale adapted for use in display advertisements, particularly with reference to reproductions for magazines, posters and the like wherein the matter is printed or lithographed.

he principal object of this process is to so form the illustration of the product whereby anatural depth of relief is obtained so as to form natural shadows in the reproduction, which cannot be artificially produced. This is obtained by mounting a plu-. rality of layers of thickcardboard together and cutting away certain portions of the layers after the figure has been outlined thereon, so as to obtain an actual depth of relief in perspective. a

important feature of this invention is the method in which the layers of cardboard .are secured together, maybe securely and permanently aflixed to whereby the layers each other, and certain portions of the outer layers cut and peeled away leaving the exposed layers clean and free from any adher- 7 ing material, the use of ordinary adhering material such as glue making the process impossible for the reason that it is diflicult to remove. from the surface after portions of the cardboard have been cut away. 1

Referring to the drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the cardboard with a figure outlined thereon. Fig. 2 is a v preferably dry.

are cut away as of Marion and Lucas, thereonfthe shades of the figure being produced by water color as above indicated.

For producing the figure'12 to be mounted thereon, a plurality of sheets or layers of thick eardboard are secured together so as to form a laminated sheet or board 13, which consists of four layers of threeply-Strathmore bristol board. The layers of cardboard are secured together by means of .rubber cement which forms an adhesive element which will permanently and securely afiix the layers together, or which may be easily and readily removed when portions of the layers are cutaway by simply peeling ofi' the film of rubber cement so as to leave the exposed surfaces of cardboard clean and A photograph or outline of the object to be illustrated is then mounted upon the outer surface of the cardboard and secured thereto by the rubber cement, a photograph being preferably made on white royal smooth bromid paper.

In order to secure the various depths of relief portions of the various layers ofboard shown in Figs. 2 and 3, wherein the near side 14 of the figure will consist of all four layers of cardboard and the far side 15 thereof will consist of only one layer, while theopening 16 will be enti rely cut awayso as to show the background 10. The near post 17 will consist of four layers while the off post 18 will consist of one layer and so on throughout the entire construction of the relief, wherein the corresponding numerals 19 to 28, as indicated in the drawings in Fig. 1, will correspond with the thickness of the layers shown in Figs. 2 and 3. After cutting away the layers of board and producing the depth of relief has been completed, the drawing and shading or color of the figure is proceeded with in the usual manner. When this process has been completed and the figure appears in its finished form both as to depth and coloring, the entire figure is mounted by means of liquid glue on the velvet background and the velvet background mounted within a frame or a larger background, as the case may be.

The process forming the invention is not restricted to the figure shown in the drawings, which serves simply as an exam le, but maybe equally well applied to an ot er figure and mounted upon any desirab e back or mounting other than that mentioned herein.

The invention claimed is:

1. The process of forming in a figure for a work of art, consistin of forming a single sheet of a plurality 0 independent layers of cardboard, securing said layers to each other by means of an adherent medium adaptable for removing from the surface thereof without leaving a residue, producing the figure on the surface of said sheet, and cutting away portions of said layers to produce the natural depth of relief in said figure.

2. The process of forming depth of relief in a figure for work of art, consisting of forming a single sheet of a plurality of independent layers, securing said layers to each depth of relief away portions of said layers to produce the natural depth of relief in said figure.

3. The process of forming depth of relief in a figure for work of art, consisting of securing a plurality of independent layers of cardboard together so as to form a single sheet therefrom, said layers being secured together by means of an adhering medium adaptable for removing from the surface thereof without leaving a residue, and cutting away portions of said layers around the outlines of said figure so'as to produce the natural depth of relief therein.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto afiixed our signatures.

, HERBERT R. HYMAN. TURNER B. MESSIGK. 

